Duty to produce licence, certificate of registration etc.

The driver or drawer of a rickshaw, in any public place,’ shall produce for examination, on demand by any police officer in uniform or any person authorised by the concerned registering authority, his licence and or certificate of registration and or any other document, which are mandatorily required to be obtained from the appropriate authority, in accordance with this Act or the Rules made thereunder; Provided that the driver or drawer may, if his licence has been submitted to, or has been seized by any officer or authority under this Act or any other law for the time being in force, produce in lieu of the licence a receipt or other acknowledgment issued by such officer or authority in respect thereof and thereafter produce the licence within such period and in such manner, as the Government may prescribe.